"Don't get it twisted that it was something he was proud of. It was a lapse in judgment, you know?" Smith's longtime pal and music collaborator said in a clip shared on Instagram. "I think the thing that I've realized is I don't know too many people that has had the least amount of lapse of judgment than him. I can name 50 times that he should've smacked the sh*t out of somebody and he didn't. So for him to have a lapse in judgment, he's human. And I think a lot of the criticism comes from the people who don't think people like that are human."
TOPICS: Will Smith, 94th Academy Awards, Chris Rock, DJ Jazzy Jeff